Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Wednesday, April 1
The CFI/Freethinkers Book Group will be meeting to discuss Susan Blackmore’s nonfiction book Conversations on Consciousness. Blackmore’s books contains 20 transcripts with scientists and philosophers over how we use and understand the human brain and the meaning of consciousness. New members are always welcome!
Time: 7pm
Where: Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton
Cost: Free
For more information, visit the events page at www.powells.com

Date: Thursday, April 2
Scot Siegel, author of Some Weather, will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore for a poetry reading and book-signing. Kim Stafford, author of The Muses Among Us praises this books as “the lyric word whispering in the office, singing in the family, charting policy for the land.” Come be a part of this exceptional poetic experience!
Time: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore
Cost: Free
Check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/

Date: Thursday, April 2
Prize-winning scholar Mark Edmundson, author of various literary and cultural criticisms including Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference, Nightmare on Main Street, and Why Read? will be at Lewis & Clark College. He has written for Raritan, the New Republic, New York Times Magazine, the Nation, and Harper’s where he is a contributing editor. The topic of his lecture will be “Why Read?”
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Lewis & Clark College, Council Chambers
Cost: Free
For more information, please contact Dyann Alkire at 503-768-7405 or http://www.lclark.edu/dept/english/specialevents.html